Falcons pound Kiel in second half
by Steve Ottman Falls News Correspondent
KIEL – The Sheboygan Falls Falcons outscored the Kiel Raiders 29-8 in the second half on the way to a 54-25 victory Thursday, Dec. 10, in Eastern Wisconsin Conference girls basketball action.
Falls improves to 2-0 in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (3-0 overall), while Kiel drops to 0-2 in the EWC (0-3 overall).
The Falcons fell behind early in the first quarter, before freshman Staci Hasler came off the bench to spark the Falcons.
Hasler hit two 3-pointers to push the Falcons to a lead 15-12. Falls never trailed the rest of the way.
“Hasler continues to be strong off the bench,” said Falcons coach Leroy Hamilton. “She has been tough on defense also.”
The Falcons tightened their defense the rest of the way, holding Kiel to 8-for-40 shooting from the floor, while creating 17 steals. Hasler and junior Brooke Buehler collected five steals each to lead the Falls’ defense.
The tenacious Falcons’ defense caused the Raiders to commit 23 turnovers.
Falcons senior captain Lauren Carman led the team in scoring with 16 points, including shooting 7-of-9 from the free-throw line to go along with 11 rebounds. Hasler finished with 11 points.
It was Carman’s third double-double of the season. “We played a good game overall, but I’d be happier with a better start,” remarked Hamilton. “We were able to rotate everybody in off the bench.”
| GIRLS
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| BASKETBALL
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| SHEBOYGAN | |
| FALLS 54 | |
| KIEL | |
| 25 |
Score by Quarters
Sheboygan Falls…15 10 12 17 - 54
Kiel……………………12 5 4 4 - 25
Sheboygan Falls scoring: Lauren Carman 16, Staci Hasler 11, Abby Debbink 5, Alyse Hucke 6, Emilie Leffin 5,
Chelsea Powers 4, Brooke Buehler 3, Cassie Quirt 3, Emily Thomack 1.
Kiel scoring: Katrina Jacobs 6, Samantha Krupp 6, Mikayla Priessner 5, Alexis Genke 2, Brooke Schneider 2, Brittany
Meyer 2, Maxine Becker 1, Ashley Meisner 1.
Three-point goals: Sheboygan Falls –Hasler 2, Carman. Kiel – Krupp 2.
Statistics: Sheboygan Falls – field goals 14-37 (38 percent), free throws 20-32 (63 percent), rebounds 41, turnovers
1_4_. _K_ie_l –_ f_ie_ld_ g_o_al_s _8_-4_0_ (2_0_ p_e_rc_e_nt_), free throws 9-25 (36 percent), rebounds 25, turnovers 23.
